1. Introduction
Ostrowski, in the year 1938, presented the following inequality [
1]:
Let
be continuous on
and differentiable on
with derivative
being bounded on
, i.e.,
for all
. The constant
is the best possible. Recently, fractional calculus was found to be the most rapidly growing area in the field of mathematics. It is the study of non-integer-order differentiation and integration, which has attracted a lot of attention from many scholars due to its widespread applications in different fields. Fractional calculus has a great deal of applications in different fields of science and engineering and control theory [
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7]; see also the recent survey-cum-expository review article [
8,
9].
Mathematical inequality plays a crucial part in the investigation of ordinary and partial fractional differential equations. They are useful in studying properties such as the uniqueness and stability of the solutions. For instance, in [
10], the stability, existence and uniqueness of the solution of the fractional Langevin equation are studied using the generalized proportional Hadamard–Caputo fractional derivative. Certain inequalities are found to be useful in providing bounds in solving the problem. Lately, many interesting fractional differential and integral inequalities have been obtained by many researchers—for instance, the Minkowski inequality, Hermite–Hadamard inequality, Opial integral inequalities [
11,
12,
13,
14], and others. In recent years, results on inequalities involving the univariate and multivariate fractional Ostrowski inequalities using the Caputo, Canavati, and
-definitions have been studied (see [
15,
16,
17,
18] and references cited therein).
In [
19], Atangana and Baleanu introduced a new definition of fractional-order derivative called Atangana–Baleanu (AB) using the Mittag–Leffler function. AB derivatives are useful in the study of fractional dynamics because the fractional derivative of a function is given by a definite integral. The AB fractional derivative operator consists of a non-singular kernel, which is efficient in solving non-local problems. Since the kernel is non-local and non-singular, this operator has an additional benefit as compared to the others. In [
20], the authors have given some generalizations of the Ostrowski inequality using Hölder’s inequality and used the AB fractional integral operator.
Motivated by the above results and the scope of such inequalities in their application in numerical analysis and probability theory, we have established the Ostrowski-type univariate and multivariate inequalities using the right and left ABC fractional derivative operator and generalized the classical inequalities.
The organization of the paper is as follows. In
Section 2, we present the preliminary definition and results from the literature that will be used in our main results. In
Section 3,
Section 4 and
Section 5, we obtain univariate and multivariate Ostrowski-type fractional integral inequalities using the ABC fractional derivative. Finally,
Section 6 is devoted to the concluding remarks of our work.
2. Preliminaries
First, we discuss some key definitions of fractional derivatives and integrals that we will be using throughout the paper.
Definition 1 ([
19,
21])
. Let , and . The left Atangana–Baleanu fractional derivative of in the Liouville–Caputo (ABC) sense with the Mittag–Leffler non-singular kernel of order δ is defined at bywhere is the Mittag–Leffler function defined by and is a normalizing positive function satisfying .
The left Atangana–Baleanu fractional derivative of
of order
in the Riemann–Liouville sense is defined by
The associated fractional integral is
where
is the left Riemann–Liouville integral.
Similarly, the right fractional derivative and integral are defined as follows:
Definition 2 ([
22])
. Let , and . The right Atangana–Baleanu fractional derivative of in the Liouville–Caputo sense (ABC) with the Mittag–Leffler non-singular kernel of order δ is defined at by The right Atangana–Baleanu fractional derivative of
of order
in the Riemann–Liouville sense is defined by
The associated fractional integral is
where
is the right Riemann–Liouville integral. The properties of the fractional derivatives with the Mittag–Leffler function can be found in [
23].
Lemma 1 ((AB Mean Value Theorem) [
24]).
Let , in and differentiable such that and . Then, for any , there exists such thatSimilarly, the AB mean value theorem can be stated for the right Atangana–Baleanu fractional derivative as follows:
Let , in and differentiable such that and . Then, for any , there exists such that Lemma 2 ((AB Newton–Leibniz Theorem) [
23]).
The AB integral and derivatives of Liouville–Caputo type satisfy the following inversion relationandfor , in and is differentiable such that , and are in . Consider the norm
and
and
3. Main Results
Ostrowski-type inequalities with left and right ABC-fractional derivatives are given next:
Theorem 1. Let be differentiable, with and and ; then, for any , we have Proof. Thus, we have
for
. We have
□
Similarly, for the right fractional derivative, we have
Theorem 2. Let be differentiable with and for ; then, for any , we have Proof. This can be proven by following similar steps as in Theorem 1. □
Now, in our next theorem, we prove the result on the ABC fractional Ostrowski inequality, in which we have considered both the left and right ABC fractional derivatives of any point between and .
Theorem 3. Let be differentiable with and , for . Then, for any , Proof. From Lemma 1, we have, for the left ABC fractional derivative,
for
, and for the right ABC fractional derivative,
for
.
Hence, from (
7), we have
for
.
Similarly, from (
8), we have
for
. From (
9) and (
10), we have
which proves (
6). □
4. ABC Fractional Inequality of Two Variables
Now, we give the ABC fractional Ostrowski-type inequality in two variables.
Theorem 4. Let be differentiable with and . Then, for .
Proof. Multiplying (
12) by
and (
13) by
, we have
Adding (
14) and (
15), we have
Integrating the above Equation (
16) from
to
with respect to
, we have
which prove (
11). □
Similarly, for the right ABC fractional Ostrowski inequality of two variables, the following holds.
Theorem 5. Let be differentiable with and . Then,for . Proof. The proof uses the same procedures as in Theorem 4. □
5. ABC Fractional Inequality of Three Variables
Now, we give the ABC fractional Ostrowski-type inequality in three variables as follows:
Theorem 6. Let be differentiable with and . Then, Proof. Multiplying both sides of (
18)–(
20) by
,
and
, respectively, we obtain
Adding (
21)–(
23), we have
Integrating the above Equation (
24) from
to
with respect to
, we have
which prove (
17). □
Similarly, for the right ABC fractional Ostrowski inequality of three variables, the following holds:
Theorem 7. Let be differentiable with and . Then, Proof. The proof follows similar steps as in Theorem 6. □
6. Conclusions
In this paper, we have obtained the univariate and multivariate Ostrowski-type inequalities for the ABC fractional operator. These inequalities are obtained for one function and for products of two and three functions for both the left and right ABC fractional derivative operator. The results obtained are new and can be applied to study further fractional inequalities and estimate various non-local problems since the operator consists of a non-singular kernel. The obtained inequalities may be used in the future to study the estimate of the solution and other properties of fractional operators.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, H.D.D. and D.B.P.; writing—original draft preparation, H.D.D. and D.B.P.; writing—review and editing, H.D.D., D.B.P., J.B.M. and T.A.; writing—response to reviewers’ comments, H.D.D., D.B.P. and J.B.M.; supervision, T.A. and J.B.M. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This research received no external funding.
Institutional Review Board Statement
Not applicable.
Informed Consent Statement
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Data Availability Statement
Not applicable.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank the anonymous referees and the academic editor whose comments and suggestions improved this final version of our paper. Moreover, the first author acknowledges Addis Ababa University, Department of Mathematics and International Science Program (ISP), Uppsala University for their support.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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